Jimbo5 wrote:https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/ny-tom-thibodeau-belichick-knicks-coach-20200718-zuf6j2maqrembmudop56o3qaji-story.htmlAside from his passion and drive, this article shines the light on Thibs as the developmental Coach. I didnt realize that This had his hands on the improved play of quite a number of players, his Bulls starting 5- Rose, Noah, Butler, Deng.He also helped Yao. Even Wiggins had his best year statistically under Thibs. He also helped a 16 year old Kobe!
Thibs is a task master, expect him to push his players hard. I think our youth can match with Thibs' fire! Its been documented the our young players from Mitch to RJ to Frank and even with Knox sportswriter always mention their good work ethic. Hopefully this could be the right formula for success and finally we can start seeing the real players underneath the shells of our young core!
Somehow, im starting to think that thibs might be the right man for the job. Its also reported that while waiting for the decision from Leon Rose, Thibs is studying knicks films to pass his time.
What usually happens is when a coaching candidate is very close to getting a job and once he gets the job, you'll see a ton of fluff pieces praising the coach.
It costs the sports media nothing. You pump the guy up a little and you try to ensure you have open good footing with the coach to start. The coach might break out and do well and if you've been panning him from the start, he's not going to make you doing your job any easier.
The sports media needs cooperation from franchises to do their job and keep their jobs.
If the coach fails later( he usually does), you can pan him at no cost and since he's going to be fired anyway, who cares if you burn that bridge?
This happened to Kobe Bryant late in his career. In the beginning, the press sort of held back because he was a superstar and was going to be around for a long time, but those last days with the Lakers, you started to see more hit pieces on him.
That **** always follows you. Shaq is an idiot. He's one of the dumbest sports broadcasters/personalities anywhere. But when he was a player, he made the media's job easier (gave them easy quotes/easy access) so they didn't forget that when he wanted to be one of them.
If a coach has been around long enough, you can dig up enough to say something good about him, or bad about him. Depends on the narrative that will generate the most interest from readers and sponsors and advertisers.
Thibs will probably be the Knicks coach for 3 years. He'll probably get fired like all the others. EVERYONE gets fired. That's just how it works. Coach K can do what he wants, everyone else has to look over their shoulder.
If Knox and Barrett broke out like a Greek Freak and said, we love Fizdale, then Fizdale would have had this job for the next ten years. It's who you draft and what talent you get. If Malone and Stockton said, we can't play for Sloan, it's too much, Sloan would have been gone.
People complain about coaching retreads without looking at why there aren't more young guns seeking NBA jobs. A lot of those best and brightest at lower levels are going into baseball or the NFL. Why put up with the bull****? Look at Kenny Atkinson, he really did good work in a very complex situation. Then the team got some aging stars and he got tossed to the side of the road. People see that and say why bother. Stay in the college game or find a job in another sport in a front office.
What Thibs needs is a draftee who will break out big and decides he loves Thibs. What the Knicks need is a breakout draftee who becomes a top 10 player very fast and decides he loves a fundamentally sound head coach.
